Flux and fate of fluvial sediments leaving large islands in the East Indies

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 97-107

  Milliman, John D ^a   Farnsworth, Katherine L ^a   Albertin, Christina S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

East Indies; New Guinea; Rivers; Sediments; Seismic profiles

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0033028137     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-1101(98)00040-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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